Professor Michael Helfand, "To Balance Public Health and Religious Freedom, We Need Something Better Than Bill de Blasio's Dumb Tweets" -- Tablet Magazine

Professor Michael A. Helfand's opinion piece, "To Balance Public Health and Religious Freedom, We Need Something Better Than Bill de Blasio's Dumb Tweets," has been published in Tablet Magazine. The article considers how tweets by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio regarding enhanced legal enforcement of stay-at-home orders on the Jewish community put New York City in legal jeopardy while endangering public health.

Excerpt from "To Balance Public Health and Religious Freedom, We Need Something Better Than Bill de Blasio's Dumb Tweets"

If government wants to ensure that its public health rules are enforceable, then they must avoid—at all costs—running afoul of the requirement that all laws remain neutral with respect to religion. Indeed, while the Supreme Court has provided limited guidance on the general applicability front, it has been increasingly clear about what kind of evidence it will use to determine when a law is not neutral with respect to religion.

The complete article may be found here